L. Gregory Jones

L. Gregory Jones

Advisory Board Member, USA
Dean of Duke Divinity School

L. Gregory Jones is a leader and strategist whose creative engagement has helped institutions across the world to create transformational resource models. Greg’s global imagination has guided business, education, and religious leaders in Africa, Asia, Europe and the United States. Greg has a particular gift for incubating talent, ideas, and networks. He is passionate about re-shaping cultures within and across organisations and has coined the term 'traditioned innovation' to capture how he re-frames complex challenges to seize significant opportunities.

Greg currently serves as Dean of Duke Divinity School, a position he held for an earlier term (1997-2010). Between 2010 and 2018, he served in a variety of roles, including Vice President and Vice Provost for Global Strategy and Programs at Duke University, and also as Provost and Executive Vice President of Baylor University. He has also served in advisory and strategic roles with several foundations, including the RVVZ Foundation. He is the author or editor of 17 books, and has authored more than 200 essays and articles.